CLO managers find safety and return potential in IG
An investment grade bond might not seem the most suitable candidate for a CLO portfolio, but managers are increasingly going up the capital structure as they brace for a recession.

CLO x-rays reveal chapter 11-diagnosed borrower
18 CLO managers hold $380.2 million debt of medical imaging and non-destructive testing product provider Carestream Health, which on Tuesday filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US Court for the District of Delaware. The firm entered into a restructuring support agreement to slash its debt by around $470 million

CLO market mood sours amid bitter economic outlook

CSAM does the CLO awards double
Winning the Creditflux Manager of the Year award is a feat in itself. Winning it back-to-back in such different markets is an outstanding achievement — and CSAM can take great pride in it

You seem familiar
The overlap between European CLOs has risen to 51.6%, but the largest issuers are only slightly more aligned to their peers at 55.19% — so bonds are proving to be an important differentiator

CLOs at a glance (June 2022)
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month
 
   

Flurry of US CLOs print as Barclays boosts CLO issuance with Brigade and Bain deals
Barclays has brought over $906 million of issuance to the market, printing deals for Bain Capital Credit and Creditflux’s newly crowned US CLO manager of the year Brigade Capital Management

Brigade bolsters 2019 US CLO with refi
Brigade Capital Management has refinanced debt tranches of a US CLO it signed in 2019, tightening the capital stack

Brigade reworks 2019 CLO in line with another recent reset
Brigade Capital Management has reset its second CLO in the space of a few weeks with near identical prints

Lazard in talks to buy Brigade: Bloomberg
Lazard is reportedly in advanced talks to buy credit hedge fund Brigade Capital Management

CLO refi and reset volumes surge with $2.3 billion priced on Friday
CLO refi and reset volumes surged on Friday with $2.3 billion priced across the US market, according to market sources. Brigade Capital Management, MidOcean Credit Partners and New Mountain Capital reset regular-way CLOs, Blackstone Credit scored a regular CLO refi, Sculptor Capital Management refinanced a bond-heavy CLO, and Ivy Hill Asset Management reset a middle market CLO

Everyone’s ramping

Credit funds at a glance (October 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

CSAM regains best manager throne
Upstart CLO managers overtook more experienced rivals at last year’s Creditflux Manager Awards, but CSAM and other large firms, such as PGIM, emerged victorious in London this time around

Brigade joins five-time in 2021 US CLO issuer club
Brigade Capital Management has joined the group of US CLO managers to print five new issues in 2021

Brigade adds RMBS specialist to its ranks
Brigade Capital Management has strengthened its structured credit team by hiring an RMBS and ABS specialist 

Credit Rendezvous: And breathe...
The unanimous verdict is that credit spreads will be moving wider – they have to. But the difficulty credit fund managers face is predicting when the next sell-off comes and how sharp it will be. In the Q3 instalment of Creditflux’s Credit Rendezvous, the over-riding message from portfolio managers is that there’s little point in taking on too much risk. The report features the views of prominent credit figures including Paul Horvath (Orchard), Himani Trivedi (Nuveen), Ronnie Jaber (Onex), Graham Rainbow (Alcentra) and Michelle Russell-Dowe (Schroders). The report looks at 14 segments of the market including CLOs, direct lending, leveraged loans, distressed debt and credit derivatives.  

HPS makes big hire with CLO head Frey set to retire
HPS Investment Partners is set to hire the former CLO head at a rival issuer as well known loan PM David Frey prepares to step down   

Credit funds at a glance (July 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Brigade prices first European CLO new issue in 20 months
Brigade Capital Management has priced its first new issue European CLO since October 2019, leaving just five managers that have not printed a new issue since 2019 

Brigade follows its playbook as it promotes senior analyst to replace outgoing CLO PM
Brigade Capital Management is promoting a senior analyst to replace its CLO portfolio manager, who is set to leave for another role. It used a similar approach of promoting from its research team in 2016. 

Brigade marches on as it brings 2021 US CLO new issue volume to $1.7bn
Brigade Capital Management priced its fourth CLO of 2021 on Tuesday, bringing its new issue volume for the year to $1.65 billion

CLO pipeline: queue gets longer as Blackstone goes again and Sancus makes first move
The queue to price for US CLO managers is only getting larger with 18 new issue CLOs in the pipeline, according to market sources, along with 18 repricings and two new issue European CLOs and two mid market CLO resets